The talk will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Mood Atrium.

On Sept. 18, voters in Scotland will decide whether they want to break away from Britain and the United Kingdom and become an independent nation. It is a momentous referendum, with implications for the British Isles, the EU, and nationalist parties worldwide. In his lecture, Glass will provide the much-needed historical context for the vote, examining the relationship between the end of the British Empire, decolonization and the rise of Scottish nationalism, and weigh in on the referendum’s chance of success. A question-and-answer session will follow the lecture.

Glass is the author of a new book titled The Scottish Nation at Empire’s End, which is based on his Ph.D. thesis from UT-Austin. Copies of the book will be available for sale at the lecture.